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JANUARY QUESTION - Being a writer, when you're reading someone else's work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the story/frustrates you the most about other people's books?
MY ANSWER - One of my biggest pet peeves is overly dramatic and nonsensical descriptions. Example: "He walked into the room with all six feet of himself." Really? He walked in WITH himself, or carrying himself? Unfortunately, these are still prolific occurrences in even some of the best publishers. It's also why so much of the romance genre is ridiculed.
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How about you? What frustrates you while reading?
And how does he walk in without all six feet of himself?
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ReplyDeleteHi Sylvia, Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it that some writers write like this!!! "He walked into the room with all six feet of himself." Seriously? This is so pathetic!!!
Oh, I don't know. There is a definite voice with that wording. :-)
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Lol! That example you gave made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteYou made your point so well that I had to re-read the example three times. Which, yup, would make me lose interest in a book. Great job with this post.
ReplyDeleteI hope your New Year is going well. I only read and reviewed 23 books last year, but my goal for this year is 30. My other goals are to publish another fiction book in 2021, do the Blogging from A to Z Challenge in April, and increase the number of authors helped by Operation Awesome.
I love overly dramatic, ridiculous descriptions. But then again, I read a lot of humour and satire.
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